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I agree, this is far, far too wide-open to be anything other than a GWIT, and so many opportunities to enlighten us have been squandered (the 'message' is too loose, the title repeats what we already know and the preamble adds very little).
I've gone for an obscure candidate in the middle and left it at that (the possibilities seem endless for such a disparate group). If the setter had stuck with candidates from a particular set there'd be plenty of material, so why this?
My numbers tally with yours and I'm also dubious about the 'equivalence' being accurate... I'm not wild about the 1st candidate's 'ownership' either (so, 2 out of 5 for me - a pity, because I enjoyed the fill).

Thank you. All else is lost to me. Even Caroline

I'd be interested what you went with in the middle, drxx. I'm fuggered if I can find anything at all!

loge - I wouldn't want to steer you off course with my effort, because the odds of it being right (given the vast range of options) must be close to zero, but it's a Frenchman and I'm using an abbrev rather than a symbol - I just wanted closure!

The best I can do for the middle square is a symbol (not on my keyboard in the form required) representing three letters, the whole being a location. I'm still stuck on the fourth entry -- I can see eight cells which might make something, but I can't see what.

I'm not exactly on course as I have nothing at all, and I don't think I'm going to get anything either! I'm glad it's not just me that's hit a brick wall.

You need some punctuation in that one, throck - between the characters just before the grey cell (but the symbol is a bit loose) and the link is music.

loge - If you check wiki's 'history of photography' the entry below Wedgewood and Davey is interesting... sadly, I can't find anything else to back it up (but, as I said, I just wanted out).
Perhaps throck will offer up his alternative - it has to be better!

That's what I came up with Throck, I got it early, rejected it and then having done a countback of squares it's the most "obvious" (!) answer. The symbol isn't on my rather antiquated keyboard either